Zero Punctuation: iPhone Games
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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No halfway decent mainstream titles were released this year. Every independent game, from VVVVVV to LIMBO to Super Meat Boy has offered more polished, bigger, more innovative, and just plain more fun experiences than the likes of Red Dead Redemption and Call of Duty: Black Ops could ever hope for.Tiewing said:
I mean, last year from mainstream games, we had gems like Assassin's Creed 2 and Batman: Arkham Asylum. This year, what do we have? Grand Theft Horse and more knock-off shovelware sequels. Gah.
When the technology is used to great effect, that's when we get a stand-out classic. Mainstream games do it occasionally - but the independents do that all the time, just on a smaller scale. They have no choice, because they don't have the cash monies to make huge, truly expansive games. And while I don't regard Casual indie games like the ones he's reviewed on iPhone to be up there with the "big boys," certainly every PSN, XBLA and Steam indie title has had a more profound emotional impact than usual this year. I mean, look at Amnesia!
I didn't say anything bad towards indie games in general, just iPhone games perhaps. Regardless of our opinions on whether or not the mainstream gaming industry has released any gems this year or last, the point I was making was simply that Yahtzee has gone too far on the other spectrum by presenting simple "pass the time while taking a dump," iPhone games as the type of innovation that the indie community is capable of. Hence why I pointed out his rarely positive attitude(for the most part)towards these games.
"because FUCK FRUIT" is probably the best rationalization for anything I have ever heard. If I ever get an iPhone/iPod touch, I'll definitely need to check that out.
I wear a goldfish bowl on my head. What? It worked for Mario!
I wear a goldfish bowl on my head. What? It worked for Mario!
Interesting, but I would have preferred a review of an actual game (Fable 3, Goldeneye, Blood Stone, and Majin the Forsaken Kingdom come to mind) than games for the iphone i don't have that will never be as detailed and powerful as console or computer game, though I definitely agree that mainstream games could learn a lot from the innovation seen in the iphone market.
Oh, and I can't wait for the Brotherhood review. That game is the first game I have ever preordered the special edition for, and it was definitely worth it. Not to be like Peter Molyneux, but I'm cautiously optimistic that he might like it given that he somewhat enjoyed ACII
Oh, and I can't wait for the Brotherhood review. That game is the first game I have ever preordered the special edition for, and it was definitely worth it. Not to be like Peter Molyneux, but I'm cautiously optimistic that he might like it given that he somewhat enjoyed ACII
happyschnapps:I thought Yahtzee hated big corporation - what a sell out!
Go Android!
Yea, cause Google is a family owned business.
Go Android!
Yea, cause Google is a family owned business.
The iOS games are actually pretty awesome when you find a good one. Games like Minigore and Zenonia are a testament to this.
I can't agree more with his views on Doodle God. I played it on Newgrounds a while back. It made me wonder if the designers even know the definition of "game." Being stupid as I occasionally am, I decided to get every element unlocked. It took me about two hours. Now that's a pretty good length of time for a flash game, but not when the only gameplay is clicking two things and hoping they turn into something else, which rarely happens after a while. >_>
I can't agree more with his views on Doodle God. I played it on Newgrounds a while back. It made me wonder if the designers even know the definition of "game." Being stupid as I occasionally am, I decided to get every element unlocked. It took me about two hours. Now that's a pretty good length of time for a flash game, but not when the only gameplay is clicking two things and hoping they turn into something else, which rarely happens after a while. >_>
As I said, games that werent on the consoles. Even if they were crappy, these need to be sole handheld.Fronzel said:
Agreed. There are so many flash games in that genre (many of which do it better) that Angry Birds is just another in a massive sea of them. Cut the Rope, I will admit, is really quite good though.Cyrax023 said:
How to breathe on mars for dummies: For those of you who don't smoke, get a hermedically sealed greenhouse full of tree's, flowers, all that fun stuff. Food, air, and bugs out the wazoo.
For those of you who do smoke, your breathing carbon dioxide anyways, just bring alot of cigs into said greenhouse and make the plants lazy
For those of you who do smoke, your breathing carbon dioxide anyways, just bring alot of cigs into said greenhouse and make the plants lazy
"Cut the fucking rope?"
That caption cracked me up, it's exactly what I said when my buddy told me about the game.
That caption cracked me up, it's exactly what I said when my buddy told me about the game.
first 2 games are on Android as well, and I've been enjoying them quite a bit, last game has an equivelant game in the game called "Alchemy" which is a Free game as well, so while it is annoying trying to fit some of the asinine logic together(like the logic for making eggs) it makes for great mindless fun smashing elements together.